Any hopes for Superman Returns being good?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, July 2, 2005 13:34
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:45 AM

I hate the costume.
I HATE the costume.
I HATE THE costume.
I HATE THE COSTUME.

But Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor? Hmmm...That sounds good...

Donnerfan Chrisisall

BATMARLOWE

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:02 AM

The costume doesn't look good, I agree. In the one picture I've seen, Brandon Routh looks like a guy who made a great Superman costume for a contest. He doesn't look like Superman. The first time I saw a poster for SUPERMAN THE MOVIE with Chris Reeve, I said: "That guy looks like Superman."

Kevin Spacey is a good choice for Luthor, though. We'll just have to see the story they tell and how they tell it. I don't think that much about how good it may or may not be, to tell you the truth. The only movie I wonder about these days is SERENITY.

JADEHAND

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:29 AM

the costume looks like, well the Superman costume. I love Kevin Spacey, but he's not enough to make me want to see that. I agree with Batmarlowe, the actor looks like a fan at a con, and the actress doesn't look like Lane.

I picked up the Entertainment Weekly #826/827 with the Must See list. Had them on the cover. Unimpressed. The bad news, these two were #s 1-2,
The good News, Our BDHs(cast of Serenity) are #s 14-22 out of 122. More interesting than 1-2,are #23-24 Tom Welling (Smallville's Clark Kent) and Maggie Grace (Lost) are together in a remake of Carpenter's "The Fog".
Also noteworthy #26 Profit:the complete series on DVD.

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CALLMEATH

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:48 AM

None whatsoever. In my opinion, Superman is one of the lamer comic book characters. No brains! No training! All those powers and he does nothing! How Christopher Reeves managed to make him seem cool is just a testament to his awesomeness.

The best thing Superman ever did was get his butt whooped in The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Back. In fact, I think I'll go read them again and laugh at Superman getting beat.

"I want you to remember Clark. In all the years to come. In your most private moments. I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you."

Wow! This post seems kinda angry! Sorry about that. Must be a bit of Evil Ath coming through.

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:17 PM

I must admit to only having a fleeting interest in Superman as a kid reading comics, but Chris Reeve in the first movie made him real to me. After Superman II, I realized there was basically nowhere to go with the story, what to do after you've saved the world from 3 others like yourself? Why wouldn't Superman stop wars? They tried to address that in Superman 4, and failed miserably. Help develope fusion with the aid of his invulnerability, and super know-how? That would change our planet, drastically.
Lois and Clark was a breezy, romantic look at the characters, in a more or less problem free fantasy world, which is why I liked it.
But Superman on a real Earth in a feature film has to be believable, and I don't think there is a way that can happen, especially now, with world events unfolding as they are.

Go ahead Singer, do the impossible. I'll be the first to kowtow if you do.

Only Donner can make a Super-film Chrisisall

MIKEYMO

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:34 PM

Quote:
"I want you to remember Clark. In all the years to come. In your most private moments. I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you."

Ha! I loved Dark Knight Returns - the Big Blue Boy Scout gets his ass whooped...

I'm gonna have to go read that again. Hee...

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JUTIN77

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:01 PM

my opinion with based on what's really selling at the box-office... Spider-Man 1&2, Batman Begins... I would venture the guess that Superman is gonna suck as much as Batman and Spider-Man...

Spider-Man is totally gay... meaning homosexual... not some ebonics-style definition that Eminem wants to give it...

and Batman Begins is sooooooooooo dumb... I was seriously wondering if George Lucas had directed it... and call me dumb if it gets you off but the plot-lines and character names (Gordon in particular) were explained after the scene in which you needed to know the information...

You know you've seen a Summer Blockbuster when you walk out of the theater saying "and hey when that guy... what's his name, oh nevermind, the character played by Rutger Hauer" or "the character played by Morgan Freeman..."

OPPYH

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:03 PM

I will most definately watch it, but I doubt that it will be half the quality of the original Superman movie. The original Superman movie remains my all time favorite comic book movie. After watching Batman Begins, I thought I'd rather read an issue of Detective Comics than sit through a 2 hour movie. It tried very hard to capture the feel of the comic book, but it just isn't possible. Superman is the only movie that has done that. Most likely, Superman Returns will be just another Superhero movie .

STEVETHEPIRATE

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:18 PM

I've never been big on Superman anyway, so I don't see myself seeing it and liking it. The costume has always looked like pajamas to me, so I think the one Brandon Routh is wearing isn't that bad. Of course, it still just looks like he's runnin' around in blue skin and underwear - pajamas, or blue skin and underwear. Take your pick.

The boots - I've got that scene from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back stuck in my head.

Eliza Dushku's character (Missy? Sissy? I forget): "Shut up before I shoot you where you stand in your pansy red booties."
Jay: (looking down) "Holy s***, I AM wearing pansy red booties." (to Bob) "Why the f*** didn't you tell me?"

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
The original Superman movie remains my all time favorite comic book movie.

I'm right there with ya on that.
I'm just waiting for a Donner edited version of Superman II for dvd, I just can't deal with all of Lester's crap in the second, especially when I have a lot of the good Donner stuff in a tape off the ABC extended broadcast version from the eighties- it's rough, but Donner genius shows through.

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